California bans travel to another state based on its ‘discriminatory’ LGBT adoption law

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Friday that as a result of “discriminatory legislation” that became Oklahoma law last month, Continue reading →

America’s poor becoming more destitute under Trump: U.N. expert

Poverty in the United States is extensive and is deepening under the Trump administration whose policies seem aimed at removing Continue reading →

C-SPAN panel discussion on America’s mental health crisis

By Robert A. Vella Comparing the prevalence of psychological conditions in the U.S. with other nations is difficult because there Continue reading →

Secret use of census info helped send Japanese Americans to internment camps in WWII

The Census Bureau plans to ask people if they are U.S. citizens in the 2020 count of the nation’s population, Continue reading →

What we don’t know about under-the-cover deals between Business and Government

By Robert A. Vella The reason why progressives such as myself rail against the wickedness of corporatism is because it Continue reading →

Oh my, it sure is a stormy Monday!

By Robert A. Vella Damaging storms are forecast to hit the U.S. Midwest and South this week as warm moist Continue reading →

The demise of Philosophical Integrity amidst the rise of Sectarianism

By Robert A. Vella It’s difficult sometimes to convey the importance of certain social attributes to younger people these days.  Continue reading →

‘Despair deaths’ spike from suicide, drugs, alcohol

“Despair deaths” from drugs, alcohol and suicide have reached new peaks in the U.S. and are not just killing whites, Continue reading →